Tanner Roark (4-4, 3.21 ERA) and the Washington Nationals (37-24) square off against Aaron Nola (5-4, 2.65 ERA) and the Philadelphia Phillies (29-32) in a game that has the potential to be low scoring. This is the second of a three-game series at Nationals Park. The Nationals won the last game 9-6, and Washington leads the series 1-0. Action begins at 12:05 p.m. ET on Saturday, Jun. 11 and can be seen on CSPh and MASN.
Roark pitched 3.0 innings in his most recent start, surrendering five runs, striking out three and walking one in a 10-9 win over the Reds. Daniel Murphy (.376, 38 Rs, 11 HRs, 42 RBIs, 2 SBs) had another good game yesterday, going 2 for 4 with one run and three RBIs. Nola went 6.0 innings, surrendering zero runs, striking out nine and walking two in an 8-1 win over the Brewers in his last outing.
Notes
When leading after seven innings, Washington is 17-8, while Philadelphia is 11-15.
The Phillies managed to give up five walks in their last game. They’ll have to pick it up against the Nationals who are heading in with an 11-8 record against opponents who give up that many walks or more.
When they outhit their opponents, the Nationals are 30-6. The Phillies have an 18-3 record when outhitting opponents.
Ranking 29th in runs, Philadelphia has earned 198 this season. Washington ranks 10th with 279 runs.
Ranking 29th, Philadelphia is near the bottom of the league for its on-base plus slugging percentage (.653). Washington ranks in the top 10 with an OPS of .753.
The Phillies are 10-27 in games where they allow one or more home runs. The Nationals are 23-20 when they allow at least one homer.
